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How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move (www.wired.com)
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Pixelfed got featured on the Wired and here's what @dansup@mastodon.social, the author of @pixelfed@mastodon.social, says:

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All those long nights working on backend scalability and performance improvements are about to be put to the test

I wasn't anticipating this attention for a few more months, but I'm ready ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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[โ€“] hoodatninja@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Someone give me a hard sell here! Why should I use this app? I used to use Instagram (photographer/cinematographer), and I stopped using it because not just the tracking and all of that, but frankly, the content itself. Not to mention the algorithms are so busted and all they do is show me rage bait or flagrant ads disguised as content I would actually care about.

Why do people like pixelfed?

[โ€“] lps@masto.1146.nohost.me 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@hoodatninja
You just described the reason yourself;)
@dansup @pixelfed @bady @fediverse

[โ€“] hoodatninja@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol guess so. So it really strips that stuff away?

[โ€“] Kara@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, like pretty much all platforms on the fediverse, they're not owned by large companies, and don't try ads or selling user data for profit

[โ€“] hoodatninja@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you know if there are plans for an iOS app? I only see one or two third-party apps. Are they any good?

[โ€“] Kara@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There have been testflights (Apple betas) for the pixelfed app, so it's in development. Unsure about the quality of 3rd party apps though

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